Par BARR STEPHEN. The four movements of Monuments of the West, played without pause, are intended as a series of images evoking the scenery, distinct character, and frontier beginnings of four of America's greatest National Parks: Yellowstone, the Rocky Mountains, Death Valley, and the Grand Canyon. Composed for the unique combination of Flute and Tuba-Euphonium quartet, this work was written for …

Par BELL IAIN . The vocal score for The Hidden Place, a work for solo soprano and orchestra, written for Diana Damrau. The work sets to music a collection of poems that depict the intimate moments shared by two lovers throughout the four seasons. First performed in 2019 by Diana Damrau and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Duration: c.15 minutes. / Date parution : 2025…

Par VAN BELCUM HENK. As the title suggests, this work is a partita: it consists of a number of variations on a chorale melody. The partita has been popular for centuries, especially when it comes to organ music. Henk van Belcum, who is active in the choir world, chose for his Partita Piccola the German hymn Wunderbarer König as a starting point. Partita Piccola consists of four variations and a ch…

Arranged for SATB chorus and Piano accompaniment. Commissioned by Gareth Malone for Series Four of BBC TV's 'The Choir' and first performed by Malone and the Military Wives' choir as part of The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12th November 2011 in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen. A favourite for the 2011 Christmas Number One, with support from radi…

Par GOODALL HOWARD. The theme tune to the BBC TV series 'The Vicar of Dibley' has already joined the ranks of best-loved TV themes - not surprising when one considers that its composer has written many other memorable themes, including those to the 'Black Adder' and 'Red Dwarf' series. Howard Goodall has now made an arrangement for solo voice and piano./ Feuillet / Piano, Chant et Guitare

Par LANG LANG. Join the superhero world of Lang Lang and come on a piano adventure! Five progressive books provide a unique and imaginative way for complete beginners to learn the piano with the world's most successful concert pianist, Lang Lang. There's plenty to play all around the keyboard right from the start. Fun, imaginative pieces develop the left and right hands equally and supporting audi…

Par SLATER ALEC. With this volume, the reader is pleasantly surprised with two books in one- Section One by Alec Slater, and Section Two by Lisa Schmitz. Alec's portion is intended as a guide for the clawhammer or frailing banjo player with some previous experience in this style. He stresses the fact that this style of music can be fully learned only from within the oral tradition in which it grew…

Par CAMPOGRANDE NICOLA. The score is inspired by the urban gardens that are becoming a new, exciting presence in our cities. In such a setting I imagined the piano as an urban memory and the string trio as a green, vegetal presence that surrounds it. Doing that, I created in my mind three special places to develop the different movements of the score. The first is indeed ideally On a Concert Hall …

Par HAWES PATRICK. Gallipoli originally appeared as part of the second movement of The Great War Symphony written to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. The moving words of Sydney Bolitho which are well-known in Australia deserve wider recognition and this setting seeks to show them in a majestic, optimistic light. In performance, it is important to convey a sense of sorrow but also …

Kantate. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The Vienna Musicians’ Society, a pension fund for the widows and orphans of professional musicians, asked Mozart, among others, to compose a choral work for performance at their benefit concert series. Presumably it was due not just to the pressure of a deadline, but also for the chance to have the music of the torso of the great C minor Mass, K. 427, performe…